Genetic Monitoring: Wildlife mangers here is an online resource for you

It was with great fascination that I read this paper about a new online resource for genetic monitoring meant for wildlife mangers.

Genetic monitoring is increasingly being used to understand and respond to invasive species, habitat degradation, fragmentation, disease, or climate-related changes.

Many mangers find dealing with genetic monitoring a difficult task. They are flummoxed by the terminologies and methodologies.

To aid managers and researchers with limited genetics experience the researchers here developed a web-based resource to help them identify which, if any, molecular genetic methods would be appropriate for population assessments or monitoring.

The researchers say the site was developed in cooperation with a team of experts in fields such as evolutionary biology, demographic parameter estimation, and exotic species detection to provide a broad, dynamic, and easily understood resource with limited jargon.